cactus... magic or luck?

[maskedmelon]

I fear the situation is immeasurably more dire than I or even the superior erudition of BurgyK's intellect might have first posited. It is with nothing short of dismay that I bring to you what I believe to be the hidden source of ACO.

Time is precious, but I must take a moment to acknowledge the work that paved the path to this damning revelation.

Autis, you've my most profound gratitude for the question crafted in the formidable womb of your keen intellect from the seed of a set of astute observations and speculative inquiry. Without your query, we'd find no warning.

Skywarp, I thank you for your devotion to lore, the infallible memory and honed skepticism that allowed you to recall and discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information. Your part in this is no small one.

Now, the cactus. The riddle is solved in a simple anagram. Let us not forget the masters of this forgotten land, their masters before them, their masters masters and the master of it all: The Faceless, a Cazic Thull.

Cazic Thull



Cactuz Hill


At first I thought I myself mad to give any shred of credence whatsoever to such a ridiculous and imperfect association. Dismissing the thought in a forced chuckle, strangled with unease, I moved on to other thoughts.

Curiosity has ever been my better though and it was not long before my mind returned to the dubious coincidence. It was not until I had hazarded to study the anagram in original old Iksar that the horrifying reality of what was to come was revealed in all it's ghastly splendor:

hiss HISS HISS hiss, hiss HISS HISS hiss
hiss HISS HISS hiss, hiss HISS HISS hiss

Indeed the anagram is more ominous in its tongue of origin and the implications more calamitous than I could have fathomed upon my first chance encounter with it.


The light grows weak and I fear my presence has not gone unnoticed. I